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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II The Ancient Chinese
| Uitgever | Cook Islands |
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| Jaar | 2012 |
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| Oriëntatie | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, as sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley for the fourth definitive portrait. The truncation bears the engraver's initials IRB. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left field and COOK ISLANDS along the upper right, with the date 2012 positioned in the lower exergue. The proof fields display a deeply mirrored finish contrasting with the frosted relief of the portrait. |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Latin |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
This piece belongs to a Cook Islands commemorative program that leaned heavily on the novelty format market of the early 2010s — oversized, high-relief silver rounds issued under Cook Islands authority largely as collector vehicles, with no meaningful circulation history. The islands' arrangement with foreign minting houses allowed producers to use Cook Islands' issuing authority while the actual striking took place in facilities well outside the Pacific.
The "Ancient Chinese" designation almost certainly references one of several thematic series pairing numismatic formats with early Chinese monetary history — a market segment that expanded sharply after Chinese collector demand for precious metal commemoratives surged following regulatory changes in China around 2009–2011.